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by tj on May 26, 2006
Lead21 got Peter Robinson for a wonderful evening of reflections and comparisons of the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Georg W. Bush last Wednesday. "The man who wrote Reagan's legendary...
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by tj on July 05, 2005
It is a banana republic scenario that seems to go on in Germany. The elected chancellor looses his lust to work on and instead of retiring, puts on a play so that the parliament decides to loose...
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by tj on June 28, 2005
This article is highlighting one of the issues pretty prominent in Europe there seems to be an increasing linkage between the more hostile political opinion in Europe against the US and what...
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by tj on June 27, 2005
Some of you might have realized that you may haven gotten an email with a short note for our new design recently. We had no intention to spam your accounts - we just felt that this message would...
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by tj on January 25, 2005
The Economist features this story about the likelihood of social mobility in the American society (the possibilty to earn more money then your parents). My feeling coming over here from time to time...
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by tj on November 04, 2004
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by tj on September 25, 2004
The Economist points me to this amazing picture of my new neighborhood: "TYPE in your home address at the website fundrace.org and sneak a peek at your neighbours' political donations. Or...
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by tj on September 20, 2004
The World Economic Forum has a blog with a row of lively articles about the Forums activities. Recently of note is that the Buzz about China has reached our beloved serial entrepreneur Stelios...
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by tj on September 15, 2004
Source: http://wired.com Wired has a nice story about my much admired political entrepreneur from Austria: "Part of Schwarzenegger's appeal lies in his status as an outsider. He arrived in...
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by tj on September 13, 2004
Finally I finished Jagdish Bhagwati's newest book about a moderate economist's view of Globalization. Alas my high hopes have somehow been disappointed. I expect numbers and a framework for...
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by tj on August 05, 2004
Source: www.equilibri.net The Economist reports about the new reforms which should be better coined as a restart of the economy in Georgia: "Next year---if not sooner---he will cut the rate of...
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by tj on August 04, 2004
Source: Jim Mac Laughlin I'm hovering for a while now over the term "nation building" and the importance of "creating" states from scratch that has arised in the recent past...
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by tj on July 20, 2004
The Economist has another supporting story how much economic liberty helps to support GDP growth: "The report measures countries' promotion of "economic freedom"---defined by low...
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by tj on March 25, 2004
The NYT runs a snapshot of German economic mood: "In other words, Germans are gloomy because there is a general realization that the formulas that have worked so well for this country in the...
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by tj on February 03, 2004
Wired analyzes the failure of the Howard Dean campaign and it's main pundit Joe Trippi. "The Dean campaign, with Trippi at the helm, had shattered traditional top-down campaign models by...
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The UNDP recently published one of the best regional briefings I came across lately. "The Arab Human Development" report 2003 dissects the transition of Arab countries into a knowledge...
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by tj on October 13, 2003
Following the election last week in California surprisingly many of my fellow countrymen are admiring the fresh style of politics seen in California. "But Germany urgently needs something...
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Predicting the future is a quite difficult job, but this article helps. While the DARPA futures market has been doomed the NYT has invested in some research. The Foresight Exchange and the Iowa...
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by tj on October 01, 2003
This is something I wonder about (and admire as well): "A USA Today survey last weekend revealed that three in 10 Californians said Mr Schwarzenegger's lack of experience made them more...
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by tj on September 12, 2003
This is a bit off topic, but I'm every day more amused about the very difference between US and german media on issues like foreign policy. This excellent weblog follows it up.......
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by tj on August 30, 2003
I have another favorite topic: globalization. There is an interesting new paper from Stanley Fischer. The paper gives a very good overview about global economic developments in the last decade and...
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by tj on August 07, 2003
is not really answered in this article but adds some spice to the discussion. It is quite funny and probably not really true, but a worthwhile read.......
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by tj on August 03, 2003
This an odd story going through the news in the last week. divorce via SMS or email was a common way in the last years in Malaysia. Most strange are the prior statements from Mr. Mahathir. Now there...
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by tj on August 03, 2003
My sunday news digest found a story from the Economist today. It elaborates on a new model for companies. The research universities like Harvard are apparently a model for knowledge focused companies...
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by tj on August 02, 2003
Asiaweek features a good overview about the bigger Asian companies. Fortune provides such an overview as a part of their Global 500 section.......
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by tj on July 30, 2003
While it sounds crazy at first hand to bet real money on terror incidents, like the DARPA futures market suggest, it can be a much more exact tool to predict terror. Instead it has been furiously...
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